Deer leaps from Illinois overpass onto minivan

The Associated Press

Posted:
05/28/2014 09:21:42 AM MDT

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This photo taken on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, shows the damaged windshield of the minivan belonging to Heidi Connor, of West Dundee, Ill., after a 200 pound deer leapt from an overpass and landed on her minivan as she and her four children traveled along an Illinois interstate on Sunday, May 25. Conner says the accident totaled the van and caused minor injuries. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Rick West) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

WEST DUNDEE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is grateful her family is safe after a 200 pound deer leapt from an overpass, landing on their minivan as it traveled along an Illinois interstate.

Heidi Conner tells The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald (http://bit.ly/1pxqNzj ) that the doe came to rest in the middle of the West Dundee family's Chevy on Sunday. She and her four children were traveling about 70 mph on the Jane Addams Tollway.

She says the accident was bizarre, adding "nobody can believe this deer fell from the sky."

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